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April 7, 2024

Lloyd’s of London attracts biggest ‘Names’ syndicate since 1990s

...Brindle’s partnership underwrites risks for New York-listed Fidelis Insurance, which floated last year and has a $2bn market value....

March 28, 2024

FT Live

Global Insurance Summit

Strengthening resilience, capital and innovation as systemic risks evolve

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apollo sells stake in asset-backed lending unit to insurer MassMutual

...Fast-growing private capital managers such as Apollo have in recent years pushed aggressively to create higher earning assets for insurance companies....

April 24, 2024

UK insurance industry

MS Amlin sets growth plan after underwriting turnaround

...Another focus for MS Amlin is to grow its casualty insurance lines, such as policies which provide cover for legal claims against a company’s management team....

March 12, 2024

Lemonade Inc

Lemonade chief rounds on ‘naysayers’ who predicted insurance start-up’s demise

...by the end of the year, provided a riposte to “naysayers” who said the company was “going to burn through [its cash] and go out of business”....

March 3, 2024

War in Ukraine

Russian ‘dark fleet’ lacks disaster insurance, leaks suggest

...The FT and Danwatch identified a number of dark fleet tankers that now use Ingosstrakh insurance when sailing through Danish waters and the English channel en route to India....

March 15, 2024

FT Live

Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers

Climate change

EU regulator urges action on climate threat to insurance

...Rising insurance prices were “a reflection of the risks, and the risks are going up, and they are going up quickly. It’s a call for action”, Hielkema added....

April 22, 2024

Jonathan Moules

An allotment needs a man with a plan — and a plan B

...“The best way to get from plan A that’s not working to a plan B that might work is to formulate hypotheses, test them with real data, and let the data speak.”...

April 5, 2024

UK prime property

Hot property: five homes for sale in Pembrokeshire

...The lower gardens feature a Doric temple, obelisk and a pond with a fountain....

March 19, 2024

News updates from March 25: Boeing CEO to step down; UN Security Council calls for Gaza ceasefire

B&Q owner Kingfisher expects profits to fall again

...Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q, Screwfix and Castorama DIY chains, has warned that profits will fall again this year, after a 25 per cent drop in the year to January....

March 25, 2024

The FT ViewThe editorial board

The painful rise in home insurance costs

...Third, a repricing of climate risks has led to a sharp rise in the cost of property catastrophe reinsurance — or insurance for insurance companies....

April 1, 2024

Trade Secrets

Biden tries a White House reset on climate and trade Premium

...leaves British companies with a tonne of paperwork to submit....

April 22, 2024

Insurance

Scrapping the spreadsheet: start-ups take aim at an old insurance addiction

...Microsoft, which owns Excel, said the company remained a “key technology partner for companies across financial services broadly, and insurance specifically”....

April 7, 2024

Travelista

Five Tuscan trips to book now

...Palazzo Passerini is a three-bedroom residence that can be booked on a B&B basis or bought out in exclusivity by a total of six guests....

February 11, 2024

Kingfisher PLC

B&Q owner Kingfisher forecasts profits will fall this year

...Garnier, who has been spearheading a turnaround of the company, said the group had identified around a third of its Castorama stores as the lowest-performing as part of a push to right-size and modernise...

March 25, 2024

FT Live

US Decarbonization and Industrial Transition Summit

Securing the resources to build and finance America's clean energy future

David Crook

A reformed stock market would unleash Britain’s growth

...The UK has had remarkable success in founding and nurturing tech and growth companies....

April 25, 2024

UK insurance industry

UK car insurance prices fall for first time in two years

...In March, the boss of Admiral said the sector was in a “different situation” and that the FTSE 100 company had even put through a “small price decrease” recently to win business....

April 18, 2024

Markets InsightMakhtar Diop

Better risk data should boost confidence in emerging markets

...This is roughly comparable to average default rates observed in companies that receive a B credit rating from S&P (3.4 per cent) and a B3 from Moody’s (4 per cent)....

April 25, 2024

UK insurance industry

UK home insurers hit by surge in weather damage claims

...The rising cost of home insurance and motor insurance has exacerbated cost-of-living pressures on households....

April 14, 2024

Moral Money

Equinor: A case study on the trouble with greening oil and gas companies Premium

...One burning issue is about what exactly it means for a company — and in particular, an oil and gas company — to say that its strategy is aligned with the goals of the Paris agreement....

April 24, 2024

UK insurance industry

Admiral signals end of car insurance price surge

...The company set a new target to generate £2bn of operating profit by 2026, and new guidance that the cash cost of its dividend should grow by a mid-single-digit percentage....

March 7, 2024

Lloyd's of London Ltd

Lloyd’s of London delivers best underwriting performance since 2007

...The institution, a marketplace where more than 50 insurers and reinsurers agree to underwrite risks for businesses, reported a combined ratio — a closely tracked measure of claims and expenses as a proportion...

March 7, 2024

LexLloyd's of London Ltd

A Lloyd’s of London revival will require more nimble regulation Premium

...Lloyd’s of London — the world’s oldest insurance market — acquired a reputation for inefficiency, complacency and boorish behaviour. Yet last year’s performance was the best for 16 years....

March 22, 2024

ReviewFiction

Ours by Phillip B Williams — a place of safety

...Ours by Phillip B Williams, Granta £18.99, 592 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to our podcast Life & Art wherever you listen...

February 15, 2024

ageas SA/NV

Direct Line rebuffs £3.1bn offer from Belgian insurer Ageas

...Its existing UK operation is the sixth largest in car and home insurance, according to the company....

February 28, 2024

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